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"I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late."

"I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late."

Hoagy Carmichael, American Composer

Mother, Man, Now

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"Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that."

"Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that."

Caroline Corr, Irish Musician

Mother, Father, Jobs, Kids

56

"My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas."

"My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas."

Kary Mullis, American Scientist

Mother, Brothers, Christmas

55

"In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress."

"In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Mother, Clothes, Hollywood

55

"I got nothing. I got my shoes and my pants. I'm staying with a friend. I stop by my mother's every once in a while to get my calls. I don't want to be anywhere anybody can find me."

"I got nothing. I got my shoes and my pants. I'm staying with a friend. I stop by my mother's every once in a while to get my calls. I don't want to be anywhere anybody can find me."

Marc Wallice, American Actor

Mother, Friend, Nothing, Want

54

"I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids."

"I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids."

Dorothy Malone, American Actress

Mother, Hollywood, Kids

54

"Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer."

"Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer."

Frederick Sanger, English Scientist

Mother, Daughter, Support

54

"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."

"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

54

"It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder."

"It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder."

Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist

Mother, Knowledge, Ignorance, Wonder

54

"Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics."

"Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

Mother, Difficulty

54

"My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done."

"My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done."

Buck Owens, American Musician

54

"I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year."

"I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year."

Colin Firth, British Actor

Mother, America

53

"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one."

"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one."

Paul Simon, American Musician

53

"My father is Swedish and my mother is French."

"My father is Swedish and my mother is French."

Eva Green, French Actress

53

"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Mother, Being, Housewife, Interest

52

"My mother is a walking miracle."

"My mother is a walking miracle."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

Mother, Walking

52

"My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt."

"My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Class, Guilt

52

"My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg."

"My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

52

"If Terri was upset about how silly she would look, her mother was completely undone. Seems she wanted Terri in her full natural bloom, not with any blooming flower."

"If Terri was upset about how silly she would look, her mother was completely undone. Seems she wanted Terri in her full natural bloom, not with any blooming flower."

Audrey Meadows, American Actress

52

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

Shirley Temple, American Actress

Mother, Santa claus

51

"I never turned down a mother role."

"I never turned down a mother role."

Dorothy Malone, American Actress

51

"My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt."

"My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

51

"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."

"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

Mother, Achievement

51

"My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer."

"My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Mother, Father, Artist, Liza Minelli

51

"When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this child is old enough to begin to eat other foods, there is some switching off of this ability to consume milk."

"When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this child is old enough to begin to eat other foods, there is some switching off of this ability to consume milk."

Marvin Harris, American Scientist

Mother, Ability, Needs, Old

51

"A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do."

"A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do."

Lois Wyse, American Advertising Executive

Mother, Children, Day

51

"His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork."

"His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork."

Mae West, American Actress

50

"I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father."

"I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father."

Jules Feiffer, American Cartoonist

Mother, Father, Contempt, Opinions

50

"My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity."

"My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity."

Stephen Sondheim, American Composer

Mother, Ambition, Celebrity, Clothes

49

"Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress."

"Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress."

Marta Kristen, American Actress

Mother, Film, Years

49

"I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road."

"I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, Mothers, Road

49

"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Mother, People, Forget

49

"Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since."

"Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since."

Abigail Adams, American First Lady

Mother, Thought, Knowledge, Daughters

48

"My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar."

"My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar."

Maureen Forrester, Canadian Musician

Mother, Church, Children, Cooking

48

"Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me."

"Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me."

Little Richard, American Musician

Mother, Attention, Company

48

"You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this."

"You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this."

Morris Dees, American Lawyer

48

"My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it."

"My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it."

Victor Borge, American Musician

Mother, Father, Cure, Disease

48

"Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me."

"Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me."

John Lithgow, American Actor

Mother, Shakespeare

48

"Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum."

"Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum."

Geri Halliwell, British Musician

Mother, Mothers

48

"Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there is no real need. Why do I need to get married? To reassure me? No I don't need reassurance."

"Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there is no real need. Why do I need to get married? To reassure me? No I don't need reassurance."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

Mother, Deep, Reassurance

48

"My mother loved the Bible."

"My mother loved the Bible."

Goldie Hawn, American Actress

48

"If I were like your mother, I would be a woman."

"If I were like your mother, I would be a woman."

Ryan Stiles, American Actor

47

"I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her."

"I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her."

Linda Lavin, American Actress

47

"Getting caught is the mother of invention."

"Getting caught is the mother of invention."

Robert Byrne, American Celebrity

Mother, Invention

47

"My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there."

"My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there."

Kitty Carlisle, American Musician

Mother, Thought, People, Hollywood

47

"My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary."

"My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary."

Lynn Johnston, American Cartoonist

Mother, Vocabulary

47

"I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through."

"I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through."

James Cagney, American Actor

47

"We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance."

"We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance."

Penelope Keith, British Actress

Mother, Performance

47

"You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother."

"You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

Mother, Divorce, Sleep

47

"My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months."

"My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months."

Ginger Rogers, American Actress

Mother, Dancing, Months

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